Southern Altai

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *sīĺ(č)- (to swell).

Verb

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тиш- (tiš-)

  1. to swell

References

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Räsänen, Martti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, page 424